Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

de-access

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: de-ac-cess
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

v

dispose of an item in a collection by selling it off

Example Sentences

"the museum de-accessed its collection of French impressionists to raise money"
"the publishing house de-accessed one of its popular magazines"

Questions

What does de-access mean?: dispose of an item in a collection by selling it off

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